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Chemical Engineering · Q8

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Engineering and GATE · Chemical Engineering · question 8

Q8

A certain pressure vessel manufacturer avoids doing reinforcements calculations for openings by always providing a reinforcing pad extending upto double the diameter of the opening and of the same material and thickness as that of the shell wall. If area compensation is accepted as a code guideline, his approach leads to safe design

A.
Only if the opening is on spherical vessel
B.
Only if the opening is on a vertical cylinderical vessel
C.
Only if the opening is on a horizontal cylinderical vessel
D.
Irrespective of the shape of the vessel
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
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